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22/08/2024

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COFFERER

One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]

#67552

OYER

A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when adefendant in court prays oyer of a writing. Blackstone. Oyer andterminer (Law), a term used in England in commissions directed tojudges of assize about to hold court, directing them to hear anddetermine cases brought before them. In the U.S. the phrase is usedto designate certain criminal courts.

#65762

PYTHOCENIC

Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to beaccompanied or caused by decomposition.

#49878

STIFLED

Stifling.The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.

#62209

TOPONYMY

A system of toponyms; the use of toponyms. -- To*pon"y*mal (#),Top`o*nym"ic (#), Top`o*nym"ic*al (#), a.

#35228

SMOTHERY

Tending to smother; stifling.

#20277

PYGIDIUM

The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certaininsects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite.

#45668

CALADE

A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse ismade to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

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UNVULNERABLE

Invulnerable. [Obs.]

#3767

EMBASTARDIZE

To bastardize. [Obs.]

#65194

QUOLL

A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size ofa cat.

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NOTCHBOARD

The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.